Past news.
Tue, April 2nd, 2013
CPNI (in conjunction with the Rural Center) held it’s Project Planning & Project Delivery for Redevelopment Projects workshop on March 27, 2013 in Raleigh, NC. Workshop was led by Jim Schenck, Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC. All the presenters from the workshop came from CPN. CPN Members-if you would like to participate in a workshop, please contact Jim Schenck, Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC or the
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Wed, February 20th, 2013
The Construction Professional Network Institute (CPNI), and the Development Finance Initiative (DFI) of the North Carolina School of Government announce the selection of the first four towns to participate in the NC Rural Economic Development Center’s Built Asset Assessment and Finance Program. Siler City, Elkin, Plymouth and Maysville, NC were selected from eleven town applications for the new program. CPNI volunteers from throughout the
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Fri, February 8th, 2013
The North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center today releases the results of an expansive, yearlong study of the state of manufacturing in North Carolina. The report cites growing reasons for optimism about the future of manufacturing — in 2011, for example, the sector experienced the first net increase in jobs in 16 years — and recommends establishment of the North Carolina Manufacturing Council to
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Tue, January 22nd, 2013
Construction Professional Network Institute (CPNI) has announced that the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation has announced the award of a grant in the amount of $20,000 to Construction Professionals Network Institute, Inc. [CPN Institute]. The grant from the Foundation is to help institutionalize the CPN Institute to provide long-term economic development and job creation assistance to rural communities in North Carolina. Leslie J. Winter, Executive
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Sun, January 20th, 2013
The North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center recently awarded a Research and Development Program grant in the amount of $185,000 to CPNI. The grant will allow CPNI together with the Development Finance Initiative [DFI] at the UNC School of Government to work with NC STEP towns and communities as they attempt to address their underutilized or abandoned legacy buildings across rural North Carolina. Bill
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Thu, November 8th, 2012
The 2012 CPNI Feasibility Studies was held November 8, 2012 in conjunction with the NC Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. The workshop was led by Jim Schenck, Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC. Stay tuned for the next workshop!